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DASH OF COURAGE MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL PLAQUE

DASH OF COURAGE MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Location: VICKSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-UNION AVENUE

City: VICKSBURG

State: Mississippi

Zip Code: 39183

Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor Plaques

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: MARK HILTON

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

Medal of Honor citation;

Rank and organization: Musician, Company C, 55th Illinois Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., May 19, 1863. Entered service at: Woken(should be – Waukegan), Ill. Birth: Portage County, Ohio.

In 1982 the Waukegan, IL National Guard Armory was renamed in his honor. The 933rd Military Police Company currently drills there. Citation:

A drummer boy, 14 years of age, and severely wounded and exposed to a heavy fire from the enemy, he persistently remained upon the field of battle until he had reported to Gen. W. T. Sherman the necessity of supplying cartridges for the use of troops under command of Colonel Malmborg.


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